The church has two doorways dating from the Norman period. Much of the church was built in the thirteenth century

Peter Kirk Collection, 1980

Church looking in much better condition than the Peter Kirk photo taken in 1980.

Village website states

"All Saints is a Grade 1 listed building, which has suffered too long from degradation by the weather and past neglect.

It was closed in 1998 and almost declared redundant.

But the villagers and the PCC are determined to bring it back into use again - and a good start has been made, gaining funds to restore the roofing.

But there is so much more we want to do!"

http://www.beckinghamvillage.co.uk/optChurch.php  

DB 8 October 2018

"The church of All Saints was built in the late 12th century, from which period the Romanesque north doorway remains"

"The church was rebuilt in the 14th century, when the clerestory and new windows were added, and probably an extended chancel also.

The Perpendicular tower was added in the 15th century.

At some point after this the tower arch was blocked off.

Restoration was carried out twice in the 19th century, firstly in 1857-58 by Mr Baily.

He appears to have re-opened and restored the tower arch and restored some of the windows, and may have re-roofed the nave.

A more thorough restoration was performed in 1888 by C.H.Fowler when the chancel was given a new roof, floor and east window, and the clerestory and porch were faced in Ancaster stone"

https://www.lincstothepast.com/All-Saints-Church--Beckingham/237864.record?pt=S 

DB 8 October 2018

"Parish church. C12, C13, C14, C15 restored 1888"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1360525 

DB 8 October 2018

Looking east towards the sanctuary.

DB 29 October 2022

C19 chancel screen.

DB 29 October 2022

"Evidence of a painted scheme in the chancel dating to the mid-late C19 which has been severely damaged by modern paints used in the mid-C20"

https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/18610 

Image showing detail of east wall to the south of the altar. 

DB 11 February 2023

Three lancets above the altar. Pevsner states that these are a restoration of 1888.

DB 11 February 2023

No trace of the former pipe organ apart from this dismounted plaque. The organ seems to have been in a chamber on the north side of the chancel. 

DB 11 February 2023

An inscription reads :-

"To the Glory of God and in affectionate remembrance of Florence Elisa Platt of Barnby Manor who died April 14.1900 this Reredos was erected by her loving husband Frederick Platt 1901"

DB 29 October 2022

A closer view of the sanctuary.

DB 29 October 2022

Detail of the C19 sanctuary floor tiles.

DB 29 October 2022

Lancet window on the north side of the chancel containing some earlier glass.

DB 11 February 2023

"The churchyard cross at Beckingham is a good example of the integral base, shaft and knop of a medieval standing cross.

Situated to the south of the church, it is believed to stand in or near its original position"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1009216 

DB 8 October 2018

Looking east towards the chancel.

Kelly's Directory 1930 reports :-

"The church of All Saints is a building of stone in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower with eight pinnacles and containing 6 bells, dating from 1632 to 1829, and a very curious clock, said to be at least 200 years old, but a new clock, presented by the Rev. Canon A. F. Sutton, rector of Brant Broughton, was put up in 1899:

the piers of the arcades and the doorway of the south porch, richly adorned with the chevron, dog-tooth and nail-head ornaments, are Early English:

the north doorway is also a rich example of Norman, but the church is principally of the Perpendicular period:

at the east end of each aisle are statue-brackets, and in the vestry is the recumbent stone effigy of a lady of the 14th century:

the church was restored in 1857-8, under the direction of Mr. M. C. Baily, of Newark, when the tower arch was opened, the interior reseated and a screen and several stained windows erected; and in 1888 further restoration and decoration was carried out under the supervision of Mr. Hodgson Fowler, architect; the total cost amounted to £784, and in 1900 further considerable alterations and improvements were made:

there are 359 sittings" 

DB 29 October 2022

Looking west towards the tower arch.

White's Directory 1872 reports :-

"The Church (All Saints) is a large Gothic structure, consisting of nave with aisles, a chancel, a fine tower and a south porch.

It was efficiently restored in 1857, when the old pews were superseded by neat open benches, and an elegant oak screen, separating the nave from the chancel, erected.

The benefice is a rectory, with the curacies of Fenton and Stragglethorpe annexed to it, valued in K.B. at £41. 6s. 8d., and now at £900, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. George Marsland, M.A., who has 422 acres of glebe, mostly allotted at the enclosure in 1770, in lieu of tithes, and a good residence"

DB 29 October 2022

"FOR THE POOR"

An inscription off to the side reads "freely ye have received freely give" 

DB 29 October 2022

C19 pulpit.

DB 29 October 2022

Looking east along the north aisle.

DB 29 October 2022

Looking west along the north aisle.

DB 29 October 2022

"NEAR THIS PLACE LIES THE BODY OF MR ROBERT HACKET AM OF THE SOCIETY OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE IN OXFORD AND RECTOR OF THIS CHURCH. HE WAS A DECENDANT OF THAT WORTHY AND LEARNED PRELATE OF THE CHURCH DR JOHN HACKET BISHOP OF LITCHFIELD AND COVENTRY. HE DIED DECEMBER THE 19TH 1733 AGED 29"

DB 29 October 2022

"IN LOVING MEMORY OF C. F. ROGERS, AGED 35. ALSO OF S. B. ROGERS, AGED 33. WHO WERE KILLED IN FRANCE DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. MAY THEY REST IN PEACE"

DB 29 October 2022

"Stained glass window in the north aisle of 1885 by Gibbs"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1360525?section=official-list-entry 

A brass plaque beneath the window has "TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES GERY MILNES OF BECKINGHAM HALL IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN ESQUIRE SON OF JOHN MILNES ESQUIRE AND MARY SELINA HIS WIFE DAUGHTER AND CO-HEIRESS OF WILLIAM GERY OF BUSHMEAD PRIORY BEDS ESQUIRE HE DIED NOVR 5TH 1854 IN HIS 52ND YEAR DOROTHY BECKINGHAM BROWNE SISTER OF THE ABOVE OF HER AFFECTIONATE REGARD HAS ERECTED THIS"

Another window by Gibbs also erected by Dorothy Browne in the south aisle. 

DB 29 October 2022

"The church of All Saints was built in the late 12th century, from which period the Romanesque north doorway remains"

https://www.lincstothepast.com/All-Saints-Church--Beckingham/237864.record?pt=S 

"On the north a round headed doorway with single shafts, zig-zag and nailhead, decorated with faces foliage and animals"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1360525 

DB 8 October 2018

Detail of the arch above the Norman north doorway. The decoration includes faces, animals and leaves.

July 2018

The porch on the south side of the church dates from the Early English period (13th century).

There is dog-tooth decoration o the hood mould above the entrance.

July 2018

"Pevsner records the south doorway as also being late Norman, but is thought by Dr Elders to be slightly later (perhaps early 13th century) from which time or a little later still the porch and aisles appear to date"

https://www.lincstothepast.com/All-Saints-Church--Beckingham/237864.record?pt=S 

DB 8 October 2018

The south doorway inside the porch has dog-tooth decoration between the orders of shafts. Its period is described as transitional, i.e. between Norman and Early English.

July 2018

Looking east past the font and entrance doorway.

DB 29 October 2022

Looking west towards the font.

DB 29 October 2022

"IN LOVING MEMORY OF CECIL SHERMAN PLATT OF BARNBY MANOR NOTTS. 2ND LIEUTENANT 5TH DRAGOON GUARDS WHO DIED 5TH JANY 1900 AT LADYSMITH SA WHILE SEVING WITH HIS REGIMENT DURING THE SIEGE OF THAT TOWN AGED 22"

DB 29 October 2022

"Octagonal font, with arched faces"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1360525?section=official-list-entry 

DB 29 October 2022

The upper memorial reads in part :- 

"In memory of Robert Whittaker, M.A.,of Edymead, Leamington, Honorary Canon of Manchester and Rector of Beckingham. For forty years he was vicar of Leesfield, and a long tme Rural Dean of Oldham. During his brief ministry the Church was thoroughly repaired, the Chancel, Clerestory and Porch restored, the whole interior decorated and the Schools refloored and beautified. Died January 8th 1894 aged 76 years ... "

The lower is a memorial to Thomas Williamson MDCXXXIX (1639). A Rector of Beckingham and Professor of Theology?

DB 29 October 2022

Stained glass by "ALEXR GIBBS 38 BEDFORD SQR LONDON"

https://victorianweb.org/art/stainedglass/gibbsa/index.html 

A brass plaque beneath the window has "TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF DOROTHY BECKINGHAM BROWNE RELICT OF THE REVD THOMAS BROWNE MA LATE RECTOR OF LEADENHAM IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN AND SISTER OF THE LATE CHARLES GERY MILNES ESQRE OF BECKINGHAM HALL SHE DIED ON THE 14TH OCTOBER 1878 IN HER 80TH YEAR HAVING FIRST OF HER PIETY ERECTED THIS"

Another window by Gibbs also erected by Dorothy Browne in the north aisle. 

DB 29 October 2022

"The Perpendicular tower was added in the 15th century"

https://www.lincstothepast.com/All-Saints-Church--Beckingham/237864.record?pt=S 

DB 8 October 2018

The top of the tower has eight pinnacles, one at each corner and one midway along each side.

The two-light bell openings are surmounted by an ogee arch.

July 2018

C19 tower screen.

DB 29 October 2022

Effigy located under tower - rather hidden by stacked tables and chairs.

"Monument, early C14, defaced effigy of a lady"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1360525?section=official-list-entry 

Village history suggests this might be Christiana de Furnival.

http://beckinghamvillage.co.uk/pdfs/history/history.pdf 

DB 11 February 2023

Gargoyle on tower corner just beneath the battlements.

DB 8 October 2018

Two public houses mentioned in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1885 :-

Burrows Robert, Pack Horse P.H  

Taylor George, Black Swan P.H

The Black Swan is now a restaurant.

https://http://blackswanbeckingham.co.uk/index.html 

DB 8 October 2018

"Pair of houses. 1704"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1147420 

DB 8 October 2018

"Pair of houses. 1704"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1147420 

Plaque on front of house appears to read 1706? 

DB 8 October 2018

"Public house. C16, C18 and early C19"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1061925

Two public houses mentioned in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1885 :-

Burrows Robert, Pack Horse P.H  

Taylor George, Black Swan P.H

The Pack Horse closed in 2016 and has now been converted into a private residence.

DB 8 October 2018

Former school now a private house. 

"The school was built as a parochial school in 1840 and became a National School.

It was restored in 1886.

Senior children were transferred to the Sir William Robertson School at Welbourn from 10 February 1961.

The school was closed on 18 December 1968"

https://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplaySearchResults.aspx?oid=645107&mode=c&pageNo=11 

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states

"Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1840, for 85 children;

in 1886 the building was thoroughly restored & improved by Rev. Canon R. Whittaker M.A. late rector 1886-91;

Henry Singleton, master" 

DB 8 October 2018

Managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.

"Along with in camp training facilities such as a DCCT, obstacle course and a large drill square, to the North & West of the camp there is also an all-purpose training area suitable for all levels of cadets to use. Also on this training area are some of the best ranges in the region, making this very popular camp to run shooting courses on"

http://wikimapia.org/15908855/Beckingham-Training-Camp-Ranges#:~:text=Beckingham%20camp%20is%20located%20on,cadets%20and%20100%20adult%20instructors. 

Viewed from Woodgate Lane. 

DB 2020 

Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel now the Village Hall.

Date tablet is indecipherable.

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1937 mentions the chapel but its date of closure is unknown.

White's Directory of 1856 mentions "a small Wesleyan Chapel" but this is probably an earlier building.

DB 8 October 2018